SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492018-02-21T22:19:19-07:00SparkFun Electronicsidavis on The final new product post of the year!idavisurn:uuid:682dfe36-cf7a-80cb-8f8b-04a3c7eeddb62011-01-02T16:29:28-07:00<p>Think I found a good 16 things to fix in that silly page. Alas, I&rsquo;m quite happy here in San Jose, CA.<br/>
You should run a little contest for people. Whoever gets all the items correct gets entered into a lotto to win a $5 gift card or something. :-)<br/>
&ndash; Ian</p>RobertC. on The final new product post of the year!RobertC.urn:uuid:522a7df2-d772-f253-be48-a0670b93c9cb2011-01-01T18:54:23-07:00<p>The point is that it allows you to tightly control the temperature of your iron and can control who has access to that temperature.</p>Kevin Vermeer on The final new product post of the year!Kevin Vermeerurn:uuid:75ec5287-bc66-3f0a-4ee2-f4dfd5ae561d2011-01-01T12:57:09-07:00<p>It&rsquo;s not to prevent coworker pranks; it&rsquo;s to prevent people from changing the temperature in a production setting.<br/>
Some regulations govern soldering processes, and it&rsquo;s in a manufacturers' best interest to make sure the workers use the ideal temperature. A tech might be able to improve their parts-per-hour by increasing the temperature, but not know that their actions are causing weak solder joints! Or worse, they might know the danger and maliciously change the temp.<br/>
We use Pace Heat Wise irons where I work; you have to plug in a certain color-coded &lsquo;Power Module&rsquo; temperature key, so a manager can tell at a glance what temp the techs are using. Similar idea.<br/>
It&rsquo;s funny that Sparkfun employees are more worried about practical jokes.</p>SomeGuy123 on The final new product post of the year!SomeGuy123urn:uuid:15a6cc37-b559-cb19-ab97-be09144c36702010-12-31T22:24:43-07:00<p>Thursday New Product Post > New York New Years Eve Ball Drop</p>Gregly on The final new product post of the year!Greglyurn:uuid:53b2e8a2-c2c7-b0c7-e260-674323e6b07f2010-12-31T15:42:54-07:00<p>&ldquo;Standard&rdquo; I2C plug? As far as I know there is no mechanical standard for I2C.</p>SomeGuy123 on The final new product post of the year!SomeGuy123urn:uuid:8f4a1912-9d55-cd4d-1b5c-b366a3db76b72010-12-31T14:15:59-07:00<p>You can find information <a href="http://www.digi.com/products/wireless/point-multipoint/xbee-series1-module.jsp#docs" rel="nofollow" >here</a>.</p>Ben121 on The final new product post of the year!Ben121urn:uuid:bd32acb7-589d-29cd-e38b-27564331265a2010-12-31T12:17:13-07:00<p>I understand the addiction to .1 header pins; however it would be great if these I2C boards had a standard I2C plug option (in addition to .1 headers). Indeed if they had just a footprint for an In and Out 4 pin connector, they could be daisy-chained with standard I2C jumper cables.</p>RobertC. on The final new product post of the year!RobertC.urn:uuid:351864a5-3ffa-57b5-ff77-220e44b37fc22010-12-31T09:54:53-07:00<p>nope. why would we want to? it&rsquo;s your free stuff, not ours.</p>rsp on The final new product post of the year!rspurn:uuid:b0833639-f015-69fb-e5e4-4eb67d110f7e2010-12-31T09:43:38-07:00<p>The effective radio range you will get depends on many variables. And there are several XBEE PRO models that have different operating frequencies and power levels. On a good day, using the SFE #WRL-09086 radios with reasonably good antennas where there&rsquo;s a clear line of sight between the radios, you could probably get a 200M communication range. But as soon as you try to punch through walls, buildings, trees, or other obstacles, the effective radio range drops quickly. Other factors that can cause range reduction are temperature and humidity conditions. When you see &ldquo;15 mile range&rdquo;, that&rsquo;s really only achievable under ideal conditions with an absolutely clear line of sight using high gain antennas that are pointed directly at each other. Using the WRL-09086 radios with the small &ldquo;duck&rdquo; style antennas indoors and going through several walls I get reliable communication range of about 30M (the number of walls is much more of a factor than the distance). And when I say &ldquo;reliable&rdquo; that means practically all the radio messages make it on the first try; the effective range can be increased by using an error correction mechanism at the cost of additional complexity and a lower effective communication rate.</p>SomeGuy123 on The final new product post of the year!SomeGuy123urn:uuid:1c0e305a-0dbb-4e1e-3c3a-faffe02cd2192010-12-31T07:50:03-07:00<p>Are employees allowed to participate in FreeDay?</p>kartheepan on The final new product post of the year!kartheepanurn:uuid:18296f8a-5dc0-3fb2-abb7-1787eb967d782010-12-30T23:55:44-07:00<p>pls i want the details about xbee pro2 urgently&hellip;.anybody pls tell</p>kartheepan on The final new product post of the year!kartheepanurn:uuid:aee2d520-f787-bbb3-3211-9bcde6b8bc222010-12-30T23:52:17-07:00<p>pls any body can tell xbee pro can work for 200 m range</p>Azayles on The final new product post of the year!Azaylesurn:uuid:39cad23c-1ab4-be07-0f1a-d84be09ca1e82010-12-30T14:02:40-07:00<p>That dolphin-mouth-type-thing croc clip might make a handy heat shunt for soldering heat sensitive through-hole components.</p>supersat on The final new product post of the year!supersaturn:uuid:fbd76322-0e69-1e9a-2fa8-53edc205265d2010-12-30T13:41:49-07:00<p>I am pretty comfortable as a grad student, believe it or not. ;)</p>RobertC. on The final new product post of the year!RobertC.urn:uuid:b638d054-4e08-a611-a72d-174bd38b92da2010-12-30T12:23:45-07:00<p>Yeah, I rarely change the temp on mine and keep the blue card in my desk drawer (don&rsquo;t get any ideas TJ&hellip;). But it is one fine iron.</p>RobertC. on The final new product post of the year!RobertC.urn:uuid:db04b067-96c3-eacb-2eed-96d5b10aaff02010-12-30T12:23:07-07:00<p>Want a job?</p>RobK on The final new product post of the year!RobKurn:uuid:6a5d5ae4-3ef4-ca7e-7b5e-3e9e817f93d92010-12-30T11:43:39-07:00<p>Yeah - thats what we did too. Just zip tied the key to the cord so it wouldnt get lost.</p>T Zero on The final new product post of the year!T Zerourn:uuid:f21d1f8b-5fe8-4d18-6cb5-62e18a708a172010-12-30T11:19:11-07:00<p>It is to prevent a friendly co-worker from playing a silly prank on you and turn your heat down to 165 degrees. We just keep all ours attached to the cord.</p>supersat on The final new product post of the year!supersaturn:uuid:75b9b006-1c6d-2c2c-1901-78405353b7dd2010-12-30T11:01:43-07:00<p>I think I found all the errors in that product description. :)</p>RobK on The final new product post of the year!RobKurn:uuid:9a6448d0-e346-feba-6c0d-8d0066d814082010-12-30T10:56:48-07:00<p>We use the Hakko solder stations where I work too. It seems like a great solder station except for one annoying aspect: The blue key that you have to insert and remove to change the temperature. If you lose the key then you&rsquo;re screwed. Plus its a pain to fiddle with every time.<br/>
I never understood why Hakko built it that way. Maybe someone can enlighten me.</p>T Zero on The final new product post of the year!T Zerourn:uuid:32be5ead-0c18-9cf0-3de5-ea67eaeee5e22010-12-30T10:43:24-07:00<p>Hakko FX-951&hellip; fantastic piece of machinery. We use them down here in production.</p>evowerks on The final new product post of the year!evowerksurn:uuid:6384728e-3173-5aab-4874-f558f89d09112010-12-30T10:39:14-07:00<p>its a Hakko station. very nice</p>Tejon on The final new product post of the year!Tejonurn:uuid:b23596a2-f195-7081-fc0e-fc83b3284e5d2010-12-30T10:20:10-07:00<p>wii mote contains acelerometer, gyro, bluetooth and a screen for detecting the led bar, anyone knows the models of this chips?.</p>AlanNYC on The final new product post of the year!AlanNYCurn:uuid:bd8fed7c-257c-5b55-453a-c45fb530bd6d2010-12-30T10:03:01-07:00<p>Hello RobertC,<br/>
I see you have a cool looking soldering iron to your right. What is the make and model? I am looking to make a work area and will be looking for a soldering iron/ rework station.<br/>
Thanks,<br/>
Alan</p>